According to a new study, Medicare Advantage enrollment has doubled since 2010 and outperforms Traditional Medicare in most metrics. Black people and dually-eligible beneficiaries are also outpacing the growth of white people and non-dual eligibles in Medicare Advantage enrollment. In other news, stakeholders are requesting that the...Reports & Surveys
The analysts' scenario did not include vaccine mitigation nor did it anticipate large-scale infections throughout 2021.
An update to its March 2020 report, Wakely Consulting Group explored the potential COVID-19 treatment cost implications to U.S. private insurance providers for 2020 and 2021 on behalf of America’s Health...Arizona News
Various insurers, hospitals, and state regulators are encouraging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to continue a practice dubbed "silver loading" in fear that ending the rule would destabilize Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges.
Health insurers typically raise premiums on silver-level exchange plans to recover the...National News
Eyles, the current AHIP COO, has challenges ahead.
The insurance industry's dominant lobbying group is faced with a rapidly changing market with players consolidating and some leaving the trade association.
Eyles has a varied background: he previously held roles at D.C.-based consultancy Avalere Health, Coventry Health Care (now...
Insurance industry and regulators respond to Trump Administration proposal.
The Department of Labor has proposed rules that allow the formation of "association health plans". Another term to describe the plan is "multiple employer welfare arrangement" (MEWA).
The promise of MEWAs has been to give small employers access to low...
Payment reform is critical to building a health care system that results in better accessibility, quality, affordability, empowerment, and innovation.
The Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN), is a public-private partnership launched in March 2015 to drive adoption and alignment of Alternative Payment Models...
An executive order may come next week allowing individuals to purchase insurance across state lines.
Touted for years by Republicans, this move is purported to increase competition that will help drive down prices. Experts are not so sure. Insurers have never been enthusiastic.
On Wednesday Trump said,
“I’ll probably be...
The stated intent is to inject consumer choice and competition.
Hoping to win over conservatives, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Utah Senator Mike Lee's "Consumer Freedom Option", would allow insurance companies to sell any health coverage plan they wish, so long as they also provide one plan that satisfies the mandates of the Affordable...